Previous studies indicate that posttraumatic stress disorder is one of the major mental health challenges that affect military personnel who have experienced combat situations. However, there is still paucity of research on the factors that predict PTSD in Nigerian military setting despite increasing rate of Boko-Haram exposure. This study therefore examined the predictive influence of peritraumatic factors (combat exposure, number of deployments, duration of deployments and substance use) among Nigerian military personnel exposed to Boko-Haram insurgency in North-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected using standardized questionnaires on a sample of 715 participants. Two hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation and hierarchical multiple regression, and results revealed a significant positive relationship between combat exposure (r= .36; p<.05), substance use coping (r= .14; p<.01) and PTSD. However, number (r= .07; p>.05) and duration of deployments (r= .04; p>.05) were found to have no significant relationship with PTSD. Additional findings indicated that combat exposure (β= .32, t= 9.10; p<.05) and using substance to cope with the experience of combat (β= -.11, t= -3.14; p<.05) independently and jointly [R 2 = .36, F(4,707)= 15.13, P<.05] predicted PTSD, while the influence of duration and multiple deployments were statistically insignificant. Findings imply that Nigerian military personnel who experience combat and resort to substance use to cope stand a higher risk of developing PTSD. Thus, Military authority should give adequate attention on training to restrain its personnel from substance use coping during stressful encounters to prevent the development of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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The case report presents a clinical management of depression in a facility in Jos, Nigeria. Via the management process, clinician was able to assess client who was seemingly in distress, hence provided with a more tailored clinical response. After prolonged intervention of 12 sessions, client was able to pick up and reintegrate more appropriately in his own society. Clinically, client has shown improvements in significant domains of functioning

This paper presents a perspective on the recurrent security challenges in Nigeria. For a while now, the dusk has shifted from a more turbulent North East Nigeria to other parts of the country with a relatively volatile North Central as worst hit areas. What this portrays is an absence of normalcy in these areas and several opinion holders have opined a need for this challenge to be dealt with squarely with government taking the lead. A read through this work highlights different perspectives from different opinion holders.